supertask

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ task.

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Noun

supertask (plural supertasks)

1. (philosophy) A quantifiably infinite number of operations that occur sequentially within a finite interval of time.
   • 2008 January 31, Bart Van Kerkhove, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, “Pi on Earth, or Mathematics in the Real World”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, →DOI:

     One might object that this scenario is truly a fiction, but the recent literature on supertasks shows that, although their reality is definitely still not established, at least its plausibility can be argued for.

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